Introduction to Databases

Difficulty: Beginner
Duration: 1 minute and 46 seconds
Students: 246
Rating: 4.7/5

In this lesson, we will introduce you to some common types of databases. Different data problems can be solved in a wide variety of ways, which is why so many different types of databases exist. After learning about a few different types of databases, you’ll be ready to explore specific implementations further.

Learning Objectives

During this lesson, I’ll introduce you to the following:

  • SQL databases
  • Key-value databases
  • Document-databases
  • Graph databases

Intended Audience

This lesson is for novice:

  • Software engineers
  • Data engineers
  • DevOps engineers
  • Site reliability engineers

Prerequisites 

  • You should have at least a conceptual understanding of programming and be comfortable with data structures, data types, etc.
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